What difference does it make that it was still a good deal?

She did not ship what she described and illustrated.

People use stock photos all the time, I have absolutely no issue with that if the item is in the condition described and what is sold is actually the item photographed.  

This stuff is mass produced, if it saves a seller 5 minutes so they can post more d&d for us to buy... more power to them.

However, she provided a stock photo of the WRONG book.

She did not apologize for her error/mistake.

She was rude about it.

Ebay is a matter of trust.  

She can't be trusted.  

Buying from stock photos should not mean the seller can send us anything with the same title.  That's a pig in a poke.  Especially, if they are using the valuable first print photos for the listings.
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They were a great buy anyway.  Clean and nice inside, etc.

However, she appears to have been comfortable using three stock photos... all of the wrong printing.

In addition, she is comfortable using stock photos and not noting the splattering on the cover of one of them, which you can see in my photo.

In addition, she is not sorry for here error and did not learn from it.
Instead, she responded rudely and is sorry that I am disappointed?  
She indicated no awareness that she had done nothing wrong.\
She left several auctions running that likely have similar issues.

This leads me to believe she
Without remorse.
Will use the wrong photos again.
Will not note condition issues that should be noted.

These add up to shady to me.

They were a great buy anyway.  Clean and nice inside, etc.

However, she appears to have been comfortable using three stock photos... all of the wrong printing.

In addition, she is comfortable using stock photos and not noting the splattering on the cover of one of them, which you can see in my photo.

In addition, she is not sorry for here error and did not learn from it.
Instead, she responded rudely and is sorry that I am disappointed?  
She indicated no awareness that she had done nothing wrong.\
She left several auctions running that likely have similar issues.

This leads me to believe she
Without remorse.
Will use the wrong photos again.
Will not note condition issues that should be noted.

These add up to shady to me.

I don't know that I would go as far as saying shady.  Lazy--yes, ignorant--yes, doesn't care--probably not.  Shady, it seems to me, should be reserved for those who are intentionally trying to deceive the buyer.  This seller probably wouldn't know a 1st print from a 50th print, nor does she even care.  Couple that with the fact that she is too lazy to take a picture of what is actually being sold and this is what happens.

Sometimes that's how ebay works.  When I buy on ebay things are usually what I expect.  Sometimes they are better than I expect and other times they're not.  Kind of tends to balance out in the end.

I will say this, had you bought this from a knowledgeable seller then by all means it's a shady deal.  Save this girl for the lazy/don't care thread.

napoleonsdad wrote:
I don't know that I would go as far as saying shady.  Lazy--yes, ignorant--yes, doesn't care--probably not.  Shady, it seems to me, should be reserved for those who are intentionally trying to deceive the buyer.  This seller probably wouldn't know a 1st print from a 50th print, nor does she even care.

I'd have to agree with that, but as TheMilford says, it does deserve highlighting so others here don't get their fingers burnt. Although for $15...!  

Of course I did not ask for a refund.  
It would be foolish to return them for $15.
That does not remedy her error, or her failure to acknowledge one.
Further, we are still only speculating that there wasn't a switch involved.

Her response should have been fairly simple:

Oh, I am sorry.  I am new to Ebay and used someone else's photos.  I was unaware that they were different items or that it would matter to a buyer.  Would you like to send them back for a refund?

I have a lot of tolerance for honest mistakes that lead toward better listings from the sellers.  I don't have a lot of tolerance for dishonest, lazy or ignorant ones that are compounded by a sellers refusing to acknowledge one was made when caught red handed.  

She cribbed photos of the wrong books, failed to describe condition accurately and then was rude....  enough said, she got her negs.

FormCritic wrote:So you didn't ask her to make it right?  

You didn't ask for a refund, a partial refund or credit on another item or some other way of fixing the problem?

Presumably, you contacted her again and explained again what you were mad about and pointed out that your main goal was just to insure that she wouldn't post the wrong photos again in the future.  

You did that, didn't you?

Yeah, and now you can rub it in her face that if she wasn't lazy and ignorant she would have gotten much more for the books...

There are lessons here for her to learn... and every aspect of this transaction just reinforces them.

TheMilford wrote:Guys,
Stop nitpicking this... the seller is lazy and ignorant. THAT'S SHADY!

Regardless of the positive aspect of the items being under-priced... which is irrelevant. Her conduct should not be rewarded.

Dead on.  If he had payed $100 for the lot would anybody be questioning whether or not she belonged on the shady dealer list?  Inaccurate item descriptions.  Failure to mention that photos were not of actual items.  Apparent disinterest in buyers valid complaints.  Honest mistake or not, it was still a mistake.  Sounds to me like someone to avoid.

Pipswich wrote:She did not ship what she described and illustrated.

Sorry, there's no way this belongs in the Shady Dealer thread.  Unless you want to fill it with clueless eBay sellers...but it's really meant for people that intentionally screw people over.

Clueless newbies are everywhere on eBay.  Next time you see something too good to be true, ask before rabidly hitting the BIN.

Nobody ever intentionally tries to screw anybody... they only try to intentionally make more money... the screwing is a byproduct of a lack of moral and empathy.

"The means justifies the ends"

I guess "shady" isn't completely accurate until we know if this sort of practice becomes commonplace in her repertoire.